For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
For from the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles - Since ye Jewish priests and people "despise my name" (Malachi 1:6), I shall find others who will magnify it (Matthew 3:9). Do not think I shall have no worshippers because I have not you; for from the east to the west My name shall be great among the Gentiles (Isaiah 59:19; Isaiah 66:19-20), those very peoples whom ye look down upon as abominable.
And in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering - not "the blind, the lame, and the sick," such as ye offer (Malachi 1:8). "In every place" implies the catholicity of the Christian Church (John 4:21; John 4:23; 1 Timothy 2:8). The "incense" is figurative of prayers (Psalms 141:2; Revelation 8:3). "Sacrifice" is used metaphorically of the offering of a broken and contrite heart; also the sacrifice of praise to God, the fruit of the lips, and the sacrifices of doing good and imparting a share of our possessions to the needy, the spiritual sacrifices of good works, and the presentation of the body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service (Psalms 51:17; Hebrews 13:10; Hebrews 13:15-16; Romans 12:1; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:12). In this figurative sense, the reference to the Lord's Supper, maintained by many of the fathers, may be admitted; it, like prayer, is a spiritual offering, accepted through the literal offering of the "Lamb without blemish," once for all slain.